GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

[modern_messiah]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

I finally have the cash to buy the RAM (houses cost so much!) but now the QVL appears to have disappeared....any way I can find it again?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

Ya, they need to quit messing with their websites, or fix them all at once!

Here is the QVL for this board

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Memory/motherboard_memory_ga-ep43-ds3l.pdf

[modern_messiah]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

Sweet as...thanks very much for that. Maybe you can help me a little bit as well. If you can be bothered see this thread on the PC Powerplay forums (can I link this sort of thing? Sorry If I'm not supposed to!) RAM Question

Basically I've noticed in the specifications tab for the Motherboard that the RAM must be single-sided when 4GB is used, but cannot determine if the RAM I am after is so or not! Very frustrating as I don't want to make another screwed up purchase. I'm after 2 2GB sticks of Kingston RAM (KVR800D2N6/2G) as they are nice and cheap and will suffice for a while yet. The D in the Module P/N indicates its dual-rank memory. I'm sure one stick will be fine, but I need to know if 2 will work? It is on the QVL list but the list sort of indicates it's only referring to ONE stick inserted, not two.

Worth the risk? This is getting ridiculous...

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

Link is fine!

Dual rank would be double sided

http://www.kingston.com/ukroot/serverzone/pdf_files/mem_ranks_eng.pdf

http://www.moynetworks.com/knowledgebase/SinglevsDualRAM.pdf

I do not see that part # on the QVL at all, did you? Just because it is not there means nothing though, they can't test all memory and I know tons that do work that are not on the list, but I do know where you are coming from. The QVL DS/SS is only stating exactly what they tested, not what is needed

As for this single side thing, where do you see this? I looked at the specs and the manual and am not seeing that anywhere, plus the board supports 16GB of memory so I don't think that would be possible with single sided modules.
GA-EP43-DS3L (rev. 1.0) - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification

And your manual confirms DS in any channel, page 18

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ep43-(d)s3l(r)_e.pdf

[modern_messiah]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

Argh...sorry I've done it again - I have a EP41-UD3L motherboard. Not the one from the title of this thread. Makes a slight difference lol. I cannot for the life of me find the link to the QVL that I found for it earlier today. It was under the downloads section for the rev1.3 version of this motherboard, but when I went back to link it in here it disappeared. No idea what's going on!

EDIT: The above was using the Australian Gigabyte site. The US one simply says the 775 section is coming soon! lol...bit late for that haha. And a site serahc for the UD3L returns nothing.

[modern_messiah]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

Not totally sure if you care much anymore - I'm over it already so I can only imagine your thoughts on the matter!

I was re-reading the little "note" in the specifications section of the motherboard and noticed that it states if four memory modules are used:

* Because of Intel chipset limitation, please use single-side memory module if four memory modules are to be installed.

So I guess it means that if I use two sticks of KVR800D2N6/2G RAM as found on the QVL list here (The link appears to be staying put for now!): http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList...-ep41-ud3l.pdf

That I should be fine. It's only 2 sticks so it avoids the problem mentioned above, and the sticks themselves appear on the QVL list. Surely no way it can go wrong now apart from a hardware fault?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP43-DS3L rev.1.3

Yeap, sounds good to me!